A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELTOnce I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered.
More Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
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Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
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If you fail the first time then you’ll just have to try harder the second time.
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Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
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A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.
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We gain courage and wisdom from every instance in which we stop to look fear in the face
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Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered.
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I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.
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Courage is exhilarating.
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What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
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I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do
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People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
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Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness.
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In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.
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A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.
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We are the sum total of all the choices we have made.
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Work is always an antidote to depression.
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Great minds talk about ideas; small minds talk about people.
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You can not live at all if you do not learn to adapt yourself to your life as it happens to be.
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Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it.
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Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.
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When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
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There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
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It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
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I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
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